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<p>[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 616427, member: 8184"]The first piece definitely wants to be Sarah Cov (in many ways), but I agree that it isn't.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do think it's meant to mimic one of several embroidery stiches called the "forbidden stitch" (though unlikely there was ever such a thing as a stitch that was forbidden) and associated with Chinese embroidery.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more info: <a href="http://www.marlamallett.com/forbidden_stitch.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.marlamallett.com/forbidden_stitch.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.marlamallett.com/forbidden_stitch.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]180581[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 616427, member: 8184"]The first piece definitely wants to be Sarah Cov (in many ways), but I agree that it isn't. I do think it's meant to mimic one of several embroidery stiches called the "forbidden stitch" (though unlikely there was ever such a thing as a stitch that was forbidden) and associated with Chinese embroidery. For more info: [URL]http://www.marlamallett.com/forbidden_stitch.htm[/URL] [ATTACH=full]180581[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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